There exist innumerable opinions related to the meaning of inclusive education and how it can be utilized to serve children with disabilities. This unit will discuss the term ‘inclusive education’. It will also give a brief overview of comprehensive activities carried on by government agencies, NGOs and private organizations in this field. Inclusive education in its real sense is nothing but a process of creating a system of education that caters to the needs of all children, which is not practised in India.

Further, inclusive education has in the past dealt predominantly with children with disabilities, and the need to focus on these children remains the main objective, as they generally face exclusion due to various reasons. This unit aims to bring forth a background and synopsis of crucial issues, theories and schemes in relation to inclusive education, which are pertinent to circumstances where economic means and retrieval of information is limited. The term ‘persons with disabilities’ has been used instead of ‘disabled people’ throughout the text. Disability is a range where language may be bound to discussion and modification.